xistentia | video; daemon: kyd

[ Rafa is sitting on a countertop bar, his legs dangling. The camera is looking up at him. For now, the rest of the room is obscure. He's smiling. His suit is slightly damp and his hair has been pulled back to keep it out of his face. ]

Hello. My name is Rafa, and I have some news.

First, to those who have just joined us, welcome. Many here will know that I am a vampire. This is not a secret, and the new faces among us should know it too. If the word is unfamiliar to you, what matters is this: vampires drink blood. We need it to live. Many fear us because of this. Some of you spent time with me in the land called Eudio, where synthetic blood was given to my people. That is not an option here.

I come with an answer, I hope. A friend of mine has made a machine.

[ He pats the device sitting beside him. It looks something like a filter coffee machine; slightly bigger, and with more openings. ]

It clones bags of blood to create more. If you are not a vampire, then I ask if you would donate. One pint is all I need, and I can replicate it indefinitely.

For those of you that need this, as I do, I ask you to come to me. I will give you what you need, and none here will have to fear us.

Either way, I would be glad to see you. But even if you do not donate, and do not want my help, I would welcome you to this bar.

[ Rafa slides off the counter and waves his hand. His obedient daemon turns, and the camera now takes in the whole room. The bar area is filled with bottles of alcohol, as many varieties as Rafa had been able to find. There are booths with soft chairs, and dim lighting. Xistentia's foliage has been cleared away, and the whole place has been redecorated in shades of black, dark blue and purple. Rafa's own navy blue suit matches nicely. He comes back into view. ]

I grew rather good at making cocktails in Eudio. I find I miss it, and mean to continue. I am calling it The Coven. Cliched, I know, but it makes me feel at home. Come and shelter from the rain, if you will. I have plenty of space.

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and is he a vampire?
what about the others?
I'm sorry, I do not understand why a vampire would get married
when we can't even
love is not
pleasure is just not physically possible

[ look, he's only 16 for one, and for another, he had to learn the vampire birds and bees from a thousand year old loli. this is not a topic he can handle without getting a little flustered.

and he's trying very hard not to think about marrying yuu one day. but if this vampire can... ]

[ Okay, this...

This is new. And very strange. ]

shane was a halfling
that is a human with the soul of a faerie
and hunter was a werewolf
when i turned them, they became hybrids. so they are both
part vampire, part something else

and as for the rest. pleasure is more than possible
and i love those men with all of my heart.

love is not impossible for my kind. for our kind.
not where i am from.

[ it's a lot to take in at once. for one thing, all this about werewolves and faeries just makes mika confused and skeptical. rafa's world sounds like a strange fantasy, but who is he to call him a liar? before arriving, he'd never even considered different worlds, and now he must, plus the fact they could contain pretty much anything one could imagine... it's a bit discombobulating.

but mika's been slammed with worse and though it takes a few seconds to respond, he's able to do so without the fluster from earlier. ]

I see
that is not the case in my world.
the body dies when one becomes a vampire
and they say that over time, vampires lose their emotions too
so vampires don't fall in love.

[ except him, apparently. but he's always been an anomaly. ]

well, i have never died
i have lived for more than five hundred years
and i have loved my husbands for centuries

who told you, i wonder, that vampires cannot feel?
perhaps it suited them to believe it

i have known vampires who would have liked to believe that.

the vampires I've known have certainly seemed that way
any emotion aside from sadism seemed non-existant
sadism and humor at others' expenses.
they don't even have a strong sense of loyalty.
all they want is blood.

then i understand why you do not wish to be like them

i have known many vampires in my time. i cannot say i have never met those like you describe
but we are not the only race that could be described as such
and not all are like it.

i would suggest, perhaps, that you judge us as you find us
that is what i would ask of any man.

a fair enough request.
if I have to be a vampire
I wish I could be more like you
then maybe Yuu-chan and I

we wouldn't be separated by what we are.

[ Hmm. ]

you said he was your family, before

he is
we grew up in the same orphanage
and then after, when we were kidnapped by vampires
and kept as their livestock
we lived together.
I'd do anything for him.

and yet you say vampires cannot love

if you would not call it love, then what?

Yuu-chan is human, though
I could never give him what he wants
not like that.

what is it that you think he wants?

what all humans want
to some degree

and what is that supposed to be?

sex

do you want to give him sex?

I'm not capable of physical intimacy like that

nonsense, i did not ask if you could
anyone can.

i asked if you wish to.

i'm physically incapable, Rafa.

even if I wanted to, for Yuu-chan, I can't.
this body won't let me.

ridiculous

your body may not respond, but his would. there are other ways to please someone than raising your cock for them

forgive my bluntness. but it is true.